<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1429087, March 2017

Phenom 300 first officer reported climbing in response to ues tower issuing a low altitude alert during a night visual approach.

Attributes
ACN	1429087
Time
Date	201703
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	UES.Airport
State Reference	WI
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB-505 / Phenom 300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

During night visual approach into ues; aircraft triggered low altitude warning from tower. Aircraft descended to 800 feet AGL and was in level autopilot engaged flight. Aircraft climbed 300 feet and continued approach with outcome never in doubt. Sic set lower altitude with autopilot still engaged; autopilot should have been disengaged and hand flown the remaining distance.suggest more coordination with crewmember. Should have informed other crewmember that aircraft was still under autopilot control and that a lower altitude had been selected during the final mile of the visual approach.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Phenom 300 First Officer reported climbing in response to UES Tower issuing a low altitude alert during a night visual approach.

Narrative: During night visual approach into UES; aircraft triggered low altitude warning from Tower. Aircraft descended to 800 feet AGL and was in level autopilot engaged flight. Aircraft climbed 300 feet and continued approach with outcome never in doubt. SIC set lower altitude with autopilot still engaged; autopilot should have been disengaged and hand flown the remaining distance.Suggest more coordination with crewmember. Should have informed other crewmember that aircraft was still under autopilot control and that a lower altitude had been selected during the final mile of the visual approach.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.